| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| ·Orientation of the Title | 第8-9页 |
| ·Motivations of the Study | 第9页 |
| ·The Aims and Hypotheses of the Present Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Design and Methodology | 第10页 |
| ·The Feasibility and Significance of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Layout and Scope of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-25页 |
| ·Definitions of Aspect. | 第12-15页 |
| ·Definitions of Aspect in English | 第12-13页 |
| ·Definitions of Aspect in Chinese | 第13-15页 |
| ·The Previous Study of Aspect | 第15-23页 |
| ·The Study of English Aspect | 第15-19页 |
| ·The Study of Chinese Aspect | 第19-23页 |
| ·Distinctions between Aspect and Tense | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Three A Cognitive Approach to Aspect | 第25-38页 |
| ·An Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 第25-26页 |
| ·Perspective | 第26-29页 |
| ·Boundedness and Unboundedness | 第29-32页 |
| ·Prototype Theory | 第32-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter Four the Contrastive Study of Aspect in English and Chinese | 第38-56页 |
| ·Perfective in English and Chinese | 第38-47页 |
| ·Aspectual Situations in Perfective | 第38-41页 |
| ·Perfective in English | 第41-43页 |
| ·Perfective in Chinese | 第43-44页 |
| ·Similarities in Perfective | 第44-45页 |
| ·Differences in Perfective | 第45-47页 |
| ·Imperfective in English and Chinese | 第47-54页 |
| ·Aspectual Situations in Imperfective | 第47-50页 |
| ·Imperfective in English | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Distinction between Progressive and Stative | 第51-52页 |
| ·Imperfective in Chinese | 第52页 |
| ·Similarities in Imperfective | 第52-53页 |
| ·Differences in Imperfective | 第53-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第56-59页 |
| ·Findings | 第56-57页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第57-58页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Studies in This Field | 第58-59页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第59-60页 |
| References | 第60-63页 |
| Appendix: Articles published during MA studies | 第63页 |
